Dynamic Systems & Control Division
The Dynamic Systems & Control Division (DSCD) of the ASME promotes advances in modeling, analysis, identification, control, and implementation of dynamical systems, including transportation systems, vibrations, robotics, energy systems, and biosystems and health care. Our division supports professional development, dissemination, training, and research across these fields.
About
The Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) is one of 36 technical divisions in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The mission of the Division is to provide a national and international forum to: evaluate, discuss, analyze, and publish new technical results in the field; stimulate and encourage research and education innovations; enhance manpower in research and engineering education in dynamic systems and control; and lead in setting directions for the field in the future.
The Division has actively developed and broadened its scope since its organization in 1943 from instruments and regulators, to automatic control, to coverage of all aspects of the modeling, design, and control of physical systems that involve forces, motions, and/or the flow of energy or material. In 1978 the name was changed from the "Automatic Control Division" to the "Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control Division."
Technical Committees
DSCD Newsletter
Past Newsletters
DSCD Podcast Series
To facilitate better communication and build a closer community, the Dynamic Systems and Control Division invites our community members, including faculty, students, journal editors, and industry researchers, to share their experience and insight beyond publication and conferences. Click the links below to listen to these leading members of the community discuss their careers.
March 25, 2024 Dr. Erol Dogan Sumer
January 29, 2024 Dr. Danny Abramovitch
More Past Podcasts
Events
Current Events
ACC 2025 2025 American Control Conference
Denver, Colorado
AIM 2025 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
July 14 - 18, Hangzhou, China
MECC 2025 2025 Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference
– Pittsburgh, PA
Past Events
Governance
Governance documents (by-laws and/or operating guides) for this technical interest are available below.
- Dynamic Systems & Control Division Operating Guide (.pdf, last revised 2023)
- Dynamic Systems & Control Division By-Laws (reference doc, last revised 2011)
If you have questions about these documents, please contact the Technical Group Leader, Division Chair or an ASME staff member.
Leadership
The DSCD Executive Committee (ExComm) consists of 5 elected voting members plus two appointed non-voting members. Each elected voting member serves for 5 years: first as a junior member for two years, then as Vice-Chair, Chair, and Past Chair. In addition, there are two non-voting appointed members: the secretary and the treasurer.
To contact any of these leaders, use the ASME Volunteer Leader Directory (VLD).
Current members of the DSCD Executive Committee:
Marcia O’Malley
Chair | July 2024 - June 2025
Atul Gajanan Kelkar
Vice Chair | July 2024 - June 2025
Junmin Wang
Senior Member | July 2024 - June 2025
Kam Leang
Junior Member | July 2024 - June 2025
Mahdi Shahbakhti
Secretary
Diane Peters
Treasurer
Jingang Yi
Past Chair | July 2024 - June 2025
The Division holds public meetings on the first evening of the American Control Conference (ACC) and the Modeling, Estimation and Controls Conference (MECC)
Honors & Awards
Society Level Awards
Division Level Awards
The Dynamics Systems and Control Division sponsors the following division awards. The awards are presented at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls Conference each year.
Awards given every year:
Awards given in odd years:
Awards given in even years:
- Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award
- Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award
- Michael J. Rabins Leadership Award
View the Guidelines and Nomination Instructions for all DSCD Awards.
Past Award Recipients
Rufus T. Oldenburger Medal
Rudolph Kalman Best Paper Award
Nyquist Lecturer
Yasundo Takahashi Education Award
Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award
Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award
Michael J. Rabins Leadership Award
Honors & Awards Committee
The Honors & Awards Committee consists up to seven members, each serving for three years.
Andrew Alleyne
Yi Guo
Miroslav Krstic (chair)
Robert Landers
Jianbo Lu
Reza Moheimani
Qingze Zou
Division Meetings
The Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) meets twice annually, once in the Fall at the annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) and once in the Spring at the annual American Control Conference (ACC). These meetings are typically scheduled in the evening of the first day of the conference. All division members are invited to attend and learn more about the activities that are ongoing in the DSCD.Recent past meeting minutes
Past Meeting Minutes
Publications
The Dynamic Systems and Control Division is the principal technical sponsor of four archival journals.
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control
The Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control publishes theoretical and applied original papers in the traditional areas implied by its name, as well as papers in interdisciplinary areas. Theoretical papers are expected to present new theoretical developments and knowledge for controls of dynamical systems together with clear engineering motivation for the new theory. New theory or results that are only of mathematical interest without a clear engineering motivation or has a cursory relevance only are discouraged. "Application" is taken to include modeling, simulation of realistic systems, and corroboration of theory with emphasis on demonstrated practicality. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: adaptive and optimal control; uncertain systems and robust control; nonlinear systems and control; intelligent control; distributed parameter systems and control; energy systems and control; fluid control systems; instrumentation and components; manufacturing technology; aerospace systems; computer control; mechatronics; power systems; production systems; real time control; robotics; motion controls; transportation and bio-medical systems.
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Jointly published by IEEE and ASME, the aim of the present TRANSACTIONS is to establish a high-quality archival journal which presents the state of the art, recent advances and practical applications of mechatronics. Its scope encompasses all practical aspects of the theory and methods of mechatronics, the synergetic integration of mechanical engineering with electronic and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes. The covered ten technical areas included are actuators and sensors, modeling and design, motion control, manufacturing, system integration, Intelligent Control, robotics, vibration and noise control, micro devices and opto-electronic systems, automotive systems and other applications.
ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control
ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control offers rapid dissemination of novel, high-quality, cutting-edge original findings on theoretical or applied topics from the dynamics and control community. Papers are subjected to ASME’s
standard, high-quality peer review process.
Submissions are limited to 2500-5000 words (approximately 3-6 pages) with rapid, online publication of accepted papers targeted within six weeks of submission. This new publication will publish the state of the art in dynamic systems and control research, with a focus on topics of interest to the dynamic systems and control community. ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control will provide the global engineering community with a forum to communicate the emerging research ideas that will shape the future efforts in dynamic systems and control.
Manuscript Submission (select ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control)
Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems
The purpose of this journal is to provide an international platform for the communication of knowledge and solutions in the area of the research and design of autonomous vehicles and systems operating in all media and inter-medium environments: ground, air, space, and water. The focus of this journal is on a vehicle system-of-systems approach to modeling, simulation, and design. The vehicle applications include but are not limited to personal and cargo transportation, construction and forestry, farming, scientific research, investigation of the underground, air and water, exploration of other planets, infrastructure monitoring, surveillance and military, etc.
Manuscript Submission (select Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems)